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Paso Robles lots of green covered hills go east on highway 46
Santa Margarita Lake. In Santa Margarita go east on Pozo Road for 8 miles to the lake, which
borders
Los Padres National Forest. Keep going 12 miles to Fraser Canyon with nice views of Pine
Mountain
Lake Nacimento. take County Road G14 (also known as 24th St in Paso) for about 15 miles west
to the lake.
Pismo Beach
Ojai
San Luis Obispo.
La Purisima in Lompoc
Highway 1 between San Simeon and Carmel. There are many spots to stop along the way for sea
lions, high cliffs, tide pools.
Montana de Oro state park. Scenic cliffs, tide pools, coves ,oak forests and great hiking
trails.
Morro Bay State Park
Morro Bay - Photograph the fishing fleet early in the morning with Morro Rock behind them.
Morro Strand State Beach
Lompoc has great flower fields Map
showing the best routes to follow to photograph the flower fields:
La Purisima Mission
Solvang There are lots of Danish-style buildings and windmills to photograph. Also
Mission Santa Ines.
San Ynes Valley has many horse farms with rolling hills of grass white fences, grassy field, oaks
and sometimes horses. Also wild flowers.
Los Olivos you can find nice grapevines along country roads. Ballard Schoolhouse between the
ends of Lewis and Cottonwood on School
Santa Ynez town has an old west look
Nojoqui Falls best in spring after rains. It is about a half-mile walk to the falls from the
parking area.
Monarch Butterflies can be found in the winter around Goleta just north of Santa
Barbara. These large orange and black butterflies clustered together in large numbers in to
make very striking photos.
Hearst Castle - Take the tour that has the swimming pool in it.
Mission San Miguel - Just a rustic mission with lots of interesting stuff laying around to photograph.
Monterey. Has lot of photo opportunities. Fisherman's Wharf early in the morning, Municipal
Wharf, Old Custom House, Cannery Row, the
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Drive out along Ocean View Blvd. for some nice
sea views and the Point Pinos lighthouse.
Pacific Grove great to photograph Victorian homes.
Mission San Juan Bautista at San Juan Bautista the town also has many historic buildings
Monterey Bay State Historic Park. See Pacific House
Carmel - Carmel Mission (Mission San Carlos Borromeo). Tor House/HawkTower the (stone) home of
poet Robinson Jeffers
Point Lobos State Preserve – A historic whaler's cabin at Whaler's Cove, sea otters, Monterey
cypress trees, rugged coastline.
Salmon Creek Falls
Cambria
Arlo Nuevo Street Park
Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz. during November is a great time to photograph Monarch
Butterflies.
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. And McWay Falls It is about 12-15 miles south of Big Sur, and the
parking lot is on the inland side of Highway 1. There is a pedestrian tunnel under the
road. McWay Fallsonly has water during the west coast's winter storm season.
Pfeiffer Beach great sunset photo’s. To get there go 2/10 mile south of the Big Sur ranger
station. The turnoff is not marked except with some mailboxes and a sign that say "RV's
not recommended".
Piedras Blancas lighthouse and on
the beach check for elephant seals.
Moonstone Beach with lots of drift wood on the beach to photograph.
China rock
Lone Cypress Tree entrance to Pebble Beach and 17 Mile Drive
Elfin Forest by the bay. Nice panaroma, many plant species well labeled, twisted live oaks, some
bird shots
Sweetwater Nature Preserve.
Los Osos Oaks Reserve locate exactly one mile east of 10th street in Los Osos on Los Osos Valley
Road. The oaks in the reserve are as much as 800 years old and are a mix of both large trees
and tiny dwarfed ones. Their branches and trunks are twisted, gnarled and wrinkled with
moss hanging down. You'll need a tripod for the long exposure time.
Limekiln State Park a hidden jewel for redwoods and small creeks also Limekiln Falls.
Old Coast Road is an 11-mile dirt road that goes from Bixby Bridge at its north end to Andrew
Molera State Park at its south end Great for redwoods and small streams. Great views of the
Santa Lucias (the mountain range that forms Big Sur
Montaro Lighthouse
Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Mark Abbott Lighthouse in Santa Cruz
San Simeon State Park beach
Garapata Beach
Elkhorn Slough which is just south of Pajaro is a good place to go for the birds. There are two
choices. You can park at the north end at Kirby Park for free and watch all day or at the south end
you can pay $2 at the reserve center, and walk along their trails from 9-5 Wednesday through Sunday.
To get there take Elkhorn Road.
Figueroa Mountain wildflowers early April
Garland Garland Park, 8 miles up Carmel Valley Rd from Carmel. Hike up the hill to the
waterfalls
Lake Cachuma Seasonal bald eagles from about November into February-March
great place to eat is Mattei's Tavern Solvang
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